Mrs Fly…

I’m delighted that my hybrid short story/prose poem (very fitting!) Mrs Fly has been published in Harpy Hybrid Review. It was also lovely to be asked a few questions around the piece and its process.

Mrs Fly is inspired by the short story by George Langelaan (1957), in which a man becomes part-fly, but takes a more modern echoing of the 1985 Cronenberg film adaptation. You can read it here.

If you haven’t come across Harpy Hybrid Review before, it’s a really inventive online journal championing work that sits between forms. Big thanks to Janel Galnares, editor, for publishing the piece and for such a warm welcome.

Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre retreat & course

Only one place left + bursary applications until Sunday 29th March! Join myself & Vanessa Lampert this spring (May 2026) for a magical poetry retreat Journey to the Centre of the Poem at the stunning Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre in north-west Wales! Plus guest reader Luke Worthy It will be just what you need for springtime Both fledgling & on well on the wing poets welcome. Details here.

Poems forthcoming in…

Delighted to have poems forthcoming in two brilliant journals. One will be in Plant-Human Quarterly‘s summer solstice issue, which is fitting because it’s a summer poem. And there’ll be another in Tar River Poetry, also later in the year. Both are brilliant journals that have published some of my favourite poets, particularly American poets like Ada Limon and Jane Hirshfield, so I’m really chuffed to have poems sit alongside theirs.

Writing workshop inspired by Slugs: A Manifesto

Join me at Sheffield’s Site Gallery on Saturday 31st Jan for a creative writing workshop inspired by artist Abi Palmer’s exhibition and book Slugs: A Manifesto.

Through prompts, conversation, and encouragement, you’ll be offered apporaches to respond in your own way – whether through poetry, short fiction, personal reflections, or something experimental.

This workshop is about curiosity, noticing, and giving yourself space to experiment with words. SLUGS: A Manifesto will act as a starting point, but where your writing takes you is entirely up to you!

No experience is needed. Refreshments will be available.
Suitable for ages 18+

31st Jan | 1-3pm Details here

Join my January poetry workshop…

Poetry’s Quiet Hours: Writing the Nocturne
Mon 26 Jan 2026 6:30 PM – 8:15 PM GMT Online, Zoom

With The Poetry Business, details here

Winter’s darkness is perfect for the nocturne – its familiar strangeness, restless shadows, and quiet revelations. In this welcoming workshop with Vicky Morris, we’ll explore contemporary nocturnes as both poem and mood, turning our writing towards the hours that ask us to listen and respond differently, to shape poems that glow in the dark 

Greetings October

Greetings October! It’s been a very busy few months for me so just dropping in with a few highlights. For the last few months I’ve been putting together a brilliant anthology ‘Ourselves Reflected Back’ for Flux Rotherham, featuring work of 70 poets across a whopping 137 poems. It’s been a joy to work as an editor with such a brilliant range of local poets of all ages and backgrounds from across the region. The launch happened at the Civic Theatre Rotherham on 2^nd Oct, and it was such a special event. It was also fabulous to have a number of Hive poets and current members of Rotherham Young Writers included in the book. Some were excited to be published for the first time and also opened the night at the Civic.

A massive congratulations Sheffield Young Writer Rebecca Smith who won the BBC Young Writers Award 2025. And to Nathan Graham of Rotherham Young Writers who was a top 15 winner of the international Foyle Young Poets Prize 2025.

I’m co-hosting a Spread the Word Rotherham open mic on Wednesday 22^nd Oct for anyone in or near the Rotherham area. Always a brilliant night. Come join us if you can! (Both the book and details of the open mic are above via Flux Rotherham’s website here)

Back at Tŷ Newydd in June!

It’s been so lovely to be back at Tŷ Newydd for the second time this year (and in glorious June!) and co-tutoring with the wonderful Susan Stokes-Chapman. Such a lovely group of budding young writers and the icing on the cake was the very brilliant Chloe Heuch as our mid-week reader!

Come As You Really Are

Delighted to be holding a copy of ‘Come As You Really Are’, a zine publication that came out of a mini project I ran at Barnsley Civic in April.  It was such a joy to work with a whole room of neurodivergent minds, and very heartening and emotional to hear the stories of many late to a diagnosis women. You can grab a copy of Come As You Really Are from the Civic or find it in the Civic’s Zine Library!

Come as You Really Are
A zine celebrating neurodiverse people & their diverse interests
Faciliation, collation & editing: Vicky Morris
Introduction: In the run up to the Come as You Really Are exhibition curated by Hetain Patel (at Barnsley Civic from May to August 2025), we ran a creative writing workshop open to neurodivergent adults, be they formally or self-diagnosed, to explore their interests, hobbies, fascinations, and who they really are.

The workshop was led by writer Vicky Morris and this wonderful zine showcases the resulting writing; from Dr Who collections, to a love of buildings, make up and board games and a fascination with…farts! Enjoy this eclectic mix of interests and expression of identities that urge you to come as you are!

Facilitating poetry…

Greetings, spring in full swing! It’s gorgeous weather right now and set to be sunny all week. Just a keep post to say, I’m delighted to be doing this facilitation workshop with The Poetry Society on 9th June.

Join prize-winning poet and founder of Hive Young Writers Network Vicky Morris for a workshop on facilitating poetry. Through exercises and discussion, you’ll look at some of the nuts and bolts of kickstarting beginner poets on their writing journey. Build your educator’s toolkit with fun wordplay exercises, ways to mine a poem’s techniques and other devices to incorporate into your teaching. Leave with tips and tricks to consider how you can impart foundational skills in poetry that demystify, spark and inspire.

Open to poets at the beginning of their facilitation journey interested in leading poetry workshops with adults and young adults.

Online Workshop: Facilitating Poetry with Vicky Morris

Special Interests Writing Workshop

Only a few places left on this writing workshop I’m running at Barnsley Civic this Saturday 5th April for neurodivergent brains!

In this workshop, we’ll explore the world of special interests, hyperfocus & discarded hobbies through creative writing exercises and inspiration. Expect a warm and supportive session with comfort breaks, list writing and more, as we prepare new writing which a selection of writing from this project will feature in our forthcoming summer exhibition, Come as you really are.

https://barnsleycivic.co.uk/event/special-interest-a-creative-writing-workshop-for-neurodivergent-minds/